Columbus Blue Jackets vs Boston Bruins
Regular season · Saturday, January 18, 2003 · FleetCenter
Game summary
The Boston Bruins beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 7–2 on Saturday, January 18, 2003 at FleetCenter. The Bruins outshot the Blue Jackets 45–24.
Goals came from Joe Thornton, Andrew Cassels, Glen Murray, Jonathan Girard, P.J. Axelsson, Jaroslav Spacek, Mike Knuble, Bryan Berard and P.J. Stock.
Steve Shields made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Marc Denis stopped 38 of 45.
Scoring
1st period
Joe Thornton (22)Glen Murray (25), Jonathan Girard (11)0–103:55 BOS · 
Andrew Cassels (13)Luke Richardson (11), Geoff Sanderson (18)1–119:55 CBJ
2nd period
Glen Murray (24)Joe Thornton (32), Nick Boynton (7)1–206:45 BOS
Jonathan Girard (4)Mike Knuble (16)1–308:37 BOS
P.J. Axelsson (9)Hal Gill (12)1–409:33 BOS
Jaroslav Spacek (6)Geoff Sanderson (19), Andrew Cassels (28)2–417:36 CBJ ·
3rd period
Mike Knuble (11)Glen Murray (26), Sean O'Donnell (12)2–508:10 BOS
Bryan Berard (9)Nick Boynton (8), Jozef Stumpel (18)2–617:11 BOS · 
P.J. Stock (1)Joe Thornton (33), Glen Murray (27)2–719:54 BOS ·
Team stats
CBJBOS
2445
51%49%
1/43/6
1915
34
00
00
00
Penalties
- 2:38 into the first period
Duvie Westcott · slashing2 min - 8:35 into the first period
Nick Boynton · holding the stick2 min - 10:53 into the first periodSean Pronger · tripping obstruction2 min
- 1:10 into the second periodNick Boynton · hooking2 min
- 7:21 into the second periodKrzysztof Oliwa · fighting5 min
- 7:21 into the second periodJody Shelley · fighting5 min
- 16:23 into the second periodP.J. Axelsson · slashing2 min
- 18:50 into the second periodMike Knuble · hooking2 min
- 2:21 into the third periodDuvie Westcott · holding2 min
- 5:21 into the third periodRick Nash · boarding2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodMartin Samuelsson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodDuvie Westcott · slashing2 min
- 16:19 into the third periodDuvie Westcott · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 18:56 into the third periodJody Shelley · slashing2 min
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 8Geoff SandersonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:58 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:20 |
| 3Jaroslav SpacekD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 24:36 |
| 22Luke RichardsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:50 |
| 9David VybornyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:45 |
| 14Ray WhitneyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 19:50 |
| 16Mike SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 19Sean ProngerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:15 |
| 20Lasse PirjetaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 24Hannes HyvonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 28Tyler WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 29Grant MarshallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 45Jody ShelleyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:27 |
| 61Rick NashL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:36 |
| 17Paul ManningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 23Derrick WalserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 16:29 |
| 33Jamie AllisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 42Duvie WestcottD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Marc DenisG | L | 45 | 7 | .844 |
| 35Jean-Francois LabbeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Boston Bruins
| 27Glen MurrayR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +2 | 4 | 19:06 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 19:01 |
| 26Mike KnubleR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:49 |
| 44Nick BoyntonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:22 |
| 46Jonathan GirardD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 23:48 |
| 11P.J. AxelssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:19 |
| 16Jozef StumpelL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:16 |
| 42P.J. StockC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 08:31 |
| 21Sean O'DonnellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:16 |
| 25Hal GillD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:06 |
| 34Bryan BerardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:03 |
| 10Marty McinnisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 12Brian RolstonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:59 |
| 20Martin LapointeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 29Andy HilbertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:24 |
| 33Krzysztof OliwaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:37 |
| 43Martin SamuelssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 59Rich BrennanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Andrew RaycroftG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Steve ShieldsG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |